Bath mitten



S. S. JAFFE Feb. s, 1935.

BATH MITTEN Filed June 9, 1934 6 mf mf gf@ 6, d u m. M

Patented Feb. s, 193s I 1,990,030

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE BATH DUTTEN Samuel S. Jaffe, New York, N. Y. Application June 9, 1934, Serial No. 729,859

' 2 claims. (01.15-227) This invention relates to bath mittens. what abrasive surface on which to quickly form Y The object of the invention is to provide a mita lather. ten having an outer covering made of mesh fabric Both sides of the body portion of the mitten are Woven from strong or substantially non-stretchalike or of the same material so that the mitten 5 ing thread for frictionally engaging the. skin in will serve for the right or left hand thus making 5 Order to loosen and remove foreign matter thereit necessary to use one mitten. from. In the operation the cake of soap '7 is placed Another object of the invention is to provide in the palm of the hand as shown in Figure 2 and a construction which will create considerable frica lather 8 worked up by moving the soap against lo tion between the mitten and the skin so as to the soft fleecy lining 3. The lather will then fill l render it especially useful with shower baths as the space 6 and pass out through the open mesh the frictional heat generated will offset the effect fabric of the body of the mitten to be applied to of the lchill imparted by the Water.' the skin.

A further object of the invention is to provide The fabric forming the body of the mitten l a glove which may be rinsed or washed while on provides means to readily retain the cleansing l5 the hand to remove the cleansing agent therefrom agent by reason of the fact that the fabric is of after its application to the skin, so as to avoid the open mesh and of substantially non-stretchingnecessity of removing the glove for rinsing or thread.- The strong and non-stretching threads washing. vengage the skin and frictonally and positively 2:1 A further object of the invention is to provide grip and cleanse the skin Without injury or harm- 20 a mitten which will fit both the right and left ful effects. Also, the strong non-yielding threads hand. when rubbed against the skin create considerable A still further object of the invention is to profriction so as to warm the body, which renders the vide a mitten having a coarse outer material for mitten invaluabley in connection with a shower i frictionally engaging the skin and a soft lining bath as the frictional heat produced will oifset 25 for working up a lather. the effect of the chill imparted by the water.

Other objects of the invention will appear as The flesh cleansing and massaging article the disclosure progresses. The drawing is intendwhich is herein shown in the form of a mitten, ed to merely indicate a possible embodiment of affords a massaging action which could not be ob- ?.o the invention. It is obvious that the actual needs tained if the outer covering were formed of soft of manufacture may necessitate certain mechanimaterial. While the threads of the net will not cal changes. It is therefore not intended to limit abrade or scratch the skin, they serve to impart the invention to the embodiment illustrated but thereto the desired massaging glow when the rather to define such limits in the appended article is used after the bath, and these threads claims. serve when the article is used as a washing or 35 In the drawing cleansing utensil to most effectively remove for- Figure l is a front View of the mitten. eign substances from the skin. One of the par- Figure 2 is a longitudinal section thereof. ticular reasons why this construction is so effec- Figure 3 is a section on line 3-3 of Figure 1. tive is that the outer covering is of a reticulated Referring now to the drawing in detail, the mitmaterial having sufficiently open mesh so as to 40 ten is shown as having alarge portion 1 to receive permit of minute projections or portions of the the ngers and a thumb portion 2. Both of these flesh into the interstices whereby rubbing action portions form the body of the mitten which is imparted to the article under pressure will serve made of open mesh fabric woven from strong, to cause the threads surrounding the minute substantially non-stretching thread. Within the flesh-projecting portions to grip and massage 45 body is a lining 3 made of soft material such as the skin. canton flannel or flannelette. The lining ex- A most particular advantage in having a two tends to the nger and thumb portions and ply article of different material, is that the inner terminates substantially opposite the wrist of lining of soft material will work up a lather and "0 the wearer as at 4 where it is sewed to the retain the lather like a sponge until the lather open mesh fabric by the stitches 5. The is used up by the outer covering. Another adinner lining is slightly gathered so that a vantage of the doubled Wall construction lis that space 6 is formed between said lining and the space between the walls lls up with the lather outer fabric to hold a lather and to allow the and acts as a reservoir until the lather is ablining to slightly Wrinkle so as to provide a somesorbed by the outer covering.

Having described rny invention, I claiml 1. A mitten of the class described composed of outer and inner layers of fabric, the outer layer made of open mesh fabric woven from a strong 5 non-stretching threa' and the inner layer made of soft fieecy material.

2. A mitten of' the olas ,escribed composed of outer and inner layers of rubric, the outer layer made of open mesh fabric wc fen from a strong lather.

SAMUEL S. JAFFE. 

